Dezeen architecture

YSG draws on art deco for Sydney apartment revamp

Tirthika Shah — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 09:00:18 +0000

Chamfered surfaces, warm hues and reinstated art deco features define the interiors of The Gentleman, a Sydney apartment remodelled by local interiors studio YSG. Read more

Amazonian crafts feature in Costa Brazil's New York fragrance store

Dan Howarth — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 17:00:09 +0000

Fragrance brand Costa Brazil's flagship retail space in New York's Hudson Yards features items from its founder's personal collection and was designed in collaboration with Alexander May Studio. Read more

Eight pocket gardens and mini courtyards that draw light into the home

Amy Peacock — Sun, 12 Jul 2026 09:00:53 +0000

Our latest lookbook rounds up houses that maximise underutilised spaces with pocket gardens and courtyards, helping to bring daylight and views of nature inside the home. Read more

BoND designs "dark and enveloping" private sauna in New York

Dan Howarth — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 17:00:51 +0000

Architecture studio BoND has used "the logic of a bento box" to organise spaces within a compact, atmospheric sauna in Chelsea, New York. Read more

Jasmine Fisher transforms rented London office with moody material palette

Alyn Griffiths — Mon, 06 Jul 2026 09:30:39 +0000

Interior designer Jasmine Fisher has created an atmospheric studio for her London-based practice, using warm colours and curated artworks to lend the space a more homely feel. Read more

LMTLS creates wooden "gorge" inside New York skincare store

Dan Howarth — Sun, 05 Jul 2026 17:00:14 +0000

New York- and Seoul-based studio LMTLS Architecture has carved a steep canyon of wooden layers through the Soho flagship store for Korean skincare brand SKIN1004. Read more

"Experience of Brasília" evoked at interior installation in Niemeyer's São Paulo pavilion

Dan Howarth — Sat, 04 Jul 2026 17:00:33 +0000

Architecture studio Debaixo do Bloco has distilled the landscape, architecture and atmosphere of Brasília into a domestic-scale installation within Oscar Niemeyer's Bienal Pavilion in São Paulo. Read more

Open Studio designs izakaya-style restaurant with "half-dipped dumpling" lamp

Cajsa Carlson — Thu, 02 Jul 2026 08:00:51 +0000

Local firm Open Studio has created a gigantic fibreglass dumpling to illuminate and beckon visitors into Dumpling Darlings, a small-plates restaurant in Singapore's New Bahru shopping centre. Read more

Eight-room Tokyo hotel designed to feel like staying "at the home of a tasteful friend"

Cajsa Carlson — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 05:00:17 +0000

Designer Keiji Ashizawa has turned a former hostel in Shintomicho, Tokyo, into Tomi Ginza, a boutique hotel with a single suite on each of its floors that was designed to fulfil a need for group accommodation in the city. Read more

Nikolaj Mentze fits out Cobe's Copenhagen studio with architecture bookshop

Amy Peacock — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 09:45:15 +0000

Danish architect Nikolaj Mentze has overhauled the interior of Cobe's architecture studio in Copenhagen by adding a bookshop dedicated to publications on the built environment. Read more

Sabine Marcelis's Rotterdam loft apartment is "forever evolving" with her life

Jane Englefield — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 09:00:23 +0000

Sabine Marcelis's self-designed resin bathtub and three-metre-tall lava lamp feature in her Rotterdam family home, which she continuously reconfigures with her architect partner Paul Cournet. Read more

Fabio Fantolino looks to 1960s offices for interior of retro Turin bar

Alice Laycock — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 08:00:44 +0000

Cantilever chairs, wood panelling and mirror-clad surfaces meet in Lève Office Bar, a Space Age-informed bar in Turin by Italian architect Fabio Fantolino. Read more

"Progressive spirit" of Space Age interiors informs Barcelona cocktail bar

Alyn Griffiths — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 05:00:44 +0000

Spanish designer Isern Serra has completed a speakeasy bar in Barcelona featuring multi-coloured modular furniture that evokes Verner Panton's retro-futuristic 1960s installations. Read more

Wild Form designs with "no straight lines" for bar next to New York's Stonewall Inn

Dan Howarth — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 17:00:42 +0000

New York-based Wild Form Design Studio has crafted a sculptural interior for a bar called Love Thy Neighbor, which "celebrates the queer community" next to The Stonewall Inn in the West Village. Read more

Eight inspiring homes with bookmaxxed interiors

Cajsa Carlson — Sat, 27 Jun 2026 09:00:47 +0000

For our latest lookbook, we explore how bookmaxxing can add interest to an interior, looking at examples ranging from a penthouse in Germany to the home of Radiohead singer Thom Yorke. Read more

House of Baby designs Brixton restaurant Banh Banh as "immersive artwork"

Cajsa Carlson — Fri, 26 Jun 2026 08:00:09 +0000

Design studio House of Baby drew on modernist architecture, such as Saigon's Independence Palace, for the interior design of Vietnamese restaurant Banh Banh in London. Read more

Cubitts' first dedicated headquarters take over Victorian stable in King's Cross

Jennifer Hahn — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 09:00:48 +0000

British firm 51 Architecture has converted the former stables of a vinegar brewery into a head office for local eyewear brand Cubitts, now home to "the only spectacle-making workshop in central London". Read more

Dramatic atriums define Bangkok shopping centre by Linehouse

Christina Yao — Thu, 25 Jun 2026 05:00:28 +0000

Hong Kong studio Linehouse has designed the interiors for Bangkok's Central Park shopping centre, which are centred around three atriums clad in silver, copper and bronze. Read more

Custom furniture created for Azteca Stadium's interior revamp

Ben Dreith — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 17:00:31 +0000

A group of local designers have showcased a custom furniture collection as part of an overall overhaul of the interiors at Mexico City's Azteca Stadium, one of the venues for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Read more

Secessionist references weave through Vienna's Wilde aparthotel

Natasha Levy — Wed, 24 Jun 2026 05:00:25 +0000

Interior design studio Stephanie Barba Mendoza looked to Vienna's artistic past to devise the communal spaces of this aparthotel, which takes over a 19th-century post office in the Austrian capital. Read more

Space4Architecture transforms Brooklyn warehouse into residence

Kate Mazade — Tue, 23 Jun 2026 17:00:35 +0000

Local studio Space4Architecture has converted a warehouse in Brooklyn into a residence with a double-height living space and a black-painted facade. Read more

Get listed in Dezeen's digital guide to London Design Festival 2026

Sophie Chapman — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 09:30:29 +0000

Hosting an event during the 2026 iteration of London Design Festival? Get featured in Dezeen Events Guide's digital guide to the festival. Read more

Clap Studio creates "the most music-respectful room" in Spook nightclub

Chater Paul Jordan — Mon, 22 Jun 2026 05:00:06 +0000

Spanish practice Clap Studio looked to "dead rooms" for its renovation of the El Cubo room at nightclub Spook in Valencia, Spain. Read more

Diamond Schmitt adapts civic centre into TMU School of Medicine

Dan Howarth — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 17:00:56 +0000

Canadian architecture firm Diamond Schmitt has completed phase one of Toronto Metropolitan University's new School of Medicine, which features wood-clad structural elements and bold blue accents. Read more

Eight scenic bathrooms with a window to the great outdoors

Jane Englefield — Sun, 21 Jun 2026 09:00:33 +0000

A wet room surrounded by the Costa Rican jungle and a built-in tub overlooking a Japanese beach feature in our latest lookbook, which brings together bathrooms with enviable nature views. Read more